From ea7c743c3252d9f5ab6179c0b77fbe1d50a4ae8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dready1 <149037835+Dready1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 10:14:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Create ReadyToSend

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 mail merge/ReadyToSend | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 mail merge/ReadyToSend

diff --git a/mail merge/ReadyToSend b/mail merge/ReadyToSend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail merge/ReadyToSend	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+

From f26474235251a2073532bec07fe4091253466bca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dready1 <149037835+Dready1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 10:16:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update main.py

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 mail merge/main.py | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mail merge/main.py b/mail merge/main.py
index adb1ed1..f3186e1 100644
--- a/mail merge/main.py	
+++ b/mail merge/main.py	
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
-#TODO: Create a letter using starting_letter.docx 
-#for each name in invited_names.txt
-#Replace the [name] placeholder with the actual name.
-#Save the letters in the folder "ReadyToSend".
-    
-#Hint1: This method will help you: https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_file_readlines.asp
-    #Hint2: This method will also help you: https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_string_replace.asp
-        #Hint3: THis method will help you: https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_string_strip.asp
\ No newline at end of file
+from docx import Document
+import os
+
+
+names_file_path = "Names/invited_names.txt"
+template_letter_path = "letter/starting_letter.docx"  # input letter template
+output_directory = "output/ReadyToSend"  # output folder
+
+
+with open(names_file_path, "r") as file:
+    invited_names = file.readlines()
+letter_template = Document(template_letter_path)
+
+
+for invited_name in invited_names:
+    name = invited_name.strip()  
+
+    personalized_letter = Document()
+    for paragraph in letter_template.paragraphs:
+        new_paragraph = personalized_letter.add_paragraph(paragraph.text.replace("[name]", name))
+
+    personalized_letter.save(f"{output_directory}/letter_for_{name}.docx")